Eels pick up wins against Celina, UC

FORT RECOVERY — The Eels picked up a win against South Adams and have been rolling ever since.

The Fort Recovery Eels summer swim team picked up a pair of victories on Monday as they rallied for 922 points against the Celina Sharks (586) and the Union City Swim Team (319).

The Eels (4-1) won nine relays and 29 individual events on the day. Six tankers claimed a trio of events.

Hailey Wenning, Isla Kaiser, Rozlyn Diller and Liza Knapke all claimed three races for Fort Recovery. Wenning claimed the 50-meter freestyle, 50 backstroke and 100 freestyle for the 11-12-year-old girls division. Diller completed the sweep with first-place finishes in the 50 butterfly, 100 individual medley and 50 breaststroke.

In the 13-14-year-old age group, Kaiser took the top spot in the 50 freestyle, 100 individual medley and 50 breaststroke. Knapke hit the wall first in the 15-and-older girls 50 butterfly, 50 freestyle and 50 backstroke.

On the boys side, Ivan Boeckman and Connor Homan both won a trio of events. Boeckman won the 9-10-year-old 50 freestyle, 50 backstroke and 100 individual medley, while Homan claimed the 11-12-year-old 100 individual medley, 50 breaststroke and 50 freestyle.

Fort Recovery also got a pair of wins from Maddy Timmerman, Griffin Knapke, and Corbin Ranley while Vivian Diller, Sammi Vagedes, Owen Wenning, Lincoln Sutter and Quinten Reinhard each topped one event.